NBA Playoffs Roundup: Pacers pull away to even series at 1-1

Tuesday

Apr 22, 2014 at 9:42 PM

Paul George scored 27 points and George Hill had all 15 of his points in the second half, leading the host Indiana Pacers to a 101-85 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.

The Pacers and Hawks are tied at a game apiece heading into Game 3 in Atlanta on Thursday.

George was especially effective even though he spent much of the night defending Hawks point guard Jeff Teague, who had 14 points. Paul Millsap finished with 19 for Atlanta.

The first 24 minutes looked like an exact duplicate of Game 1, but the Pacers pulled away with a 31-13 third quarter.

Top-seeded Indiana took its first lead since the first quarter on Lance Stephenson’s three-point play and closed the quarter on an 11-0 run to make it 79-65.

Raptors 100, Nets 95: DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 14 rebounds for his second straight playoff double-double and host Toronto evened the first-round playoff series at one game apiece.

Amir Johnson scored 16 points and Kyle Lowry had 14 as the Raptors rebounded from a 94-87 loss in Game 1.

Joe Johnson scored 18 points, Deron Williams had 15 and Mirza Teletovic 14 for the Nets, who will host Game 3 on Friday night.

Hampered by foul trouble, Brooklyn’s Paul Pierce went 2 for 11 from the field, including 0 for 6 from 3-point range. He finished with seven points.

Kevin Garnett scored 13 points and Shaun Livingston had 12 for the Nets, who led 66-64 heading into the fourth and couldn’t take advantage of 21 Toronto turnovers.

JUMPSHOTS: The Golden State Warriors agreed to terms to buy 12 acres of land in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood to build a new arena. ... Heat point guard Mario Chalmers missed practice with a bruised shin, an injury from Game 1.